"If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late."

"My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad but New York City?"

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."

"My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle."

"I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things."

"I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house."

"The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends."

"You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family."